List of hunger strikes
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This is an incomplete list of hunger strikes and people who have conducted a hunger strike.
Hunger strikes[]
- Guantánamo Bay hunger strikes – Prisoner protests at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a notorious U.S. military prison known for indefinite detention without trial and torture, during the War on terror
- 1980 Irish hunger strike – Protest by Irish republican prisoners from Northern Ireland against the rescindment of Special Category Status during The Troubles
- 1981 Irish hunger strike – ended with 10 of the participants starving themselves to death, radicalizing Irish nationalist politics and leading to Sinn Féin becoming a mainstream political party.
- Michael Devine
- Kieran Doherty
- Francis Hughes[1]
- Martin Hurson[2]
- Kevin Lynch
- Raymond McCreesh[1]
- Joe McDonnell
- Thomas McElwee
- Patsy O'Hara[3]
- Paddy Quinn[4]
- Bobby Sands[5] – leader of the hunger strike; elected to the House of Commons during the strike before his death
- 1983 International Fast For Life (thousands fasted against nuclear armament and world hunger) – Protest against President Ronald Reagan's increased defense spending and the escalation of the Cold War nuclear arms race
- 1986 Veterans Fast For Life – Protest against the Reagan administration's support for the Contra insurgency in Sandinista Nicaragua
- 2000 Death fast in Turkey – Protest by inmates of Turkish F-Type Prisons
- 2009 Tamil diaspora protests – Worldwide protest against the Sri Lankan Civil War
- 2012 Palestinian mass hunger strikes – Protest by Palestinian prisoners against Israeli administrative detention
- 2012 Kurdish prisoners hunger strike – Part of Peace and Democracy Party demonstrations against Turkish restrictions on Kurdish civil rights during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and the Arab Spring
- 2013 California prisoner hunger strike – Protest against indefinite solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison and for better conditions at High Desert State Prison.
- 2021 Youth hunger strike for democracy -- Protest by 20 Arizona college students to urge the White House and the US Senate to pass the Freedom to Vote Act.
Groups who have conducted hunger strikes[]
- British and American suffragettes
- Cuban dissidents
- Grup Yorum[6]
- Irish republicans
- Indian Independence Movement
- Jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders[7]
- Undocumented migrants in Belgium[8][9]
Individuals who have conducted a hunger strike[]
- Maher al-Akhras, Palestinian
- Meryem Altun, Turkey, prisoner, 2002. Died.
- Ninoy Aquino
- Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian writer and journalist. Kidnapped by militants from so-called Donetsk People's Republic.
- Igor Bancer, Polish Belarusian musician, activist, journalist, worker, and events organiser.
- Marwan Barghouti
- Chen Shui Bian, President of the Republic of China
- Franklin Brito, Venezuela, land dispute, 2010. Died.
- Emil Calmanovici, Communist Romania, political prisoner, 1956. Died.
- Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers union, Arizona, 1968, 1970, 1972.
- William (Bill) Coleman, 2007 to 2014 in CT, USA [10]
- Jatindra Nath Das Indian independence activist and revolutionary
- Andrey Derevyankin
- Katherine Dunham
- Ronald Easterbrook England, prisoner, 1997, 1999.
- Becky Edelsohn
- Mohandas Gandhi – Indian independence activist, part of campaign of nonviolent resistance to British rule in India
- Akbar Ganji
- Kasra Nouri
- Andrias Ghukasyan
- Max Goldstein
- Lena Hades
- Anna Hazare
- J. B. S. Haldane
- Barry Horne
- Samer Tariq Issawi
- Poopathy Kanapathipillai
- Jack Kevorkian
- Mustafa Kocak, starved himself to death in protest of his sentencing without a fair trial
- Jawar Mohammed, Ethiopian politician and activist, 2021
- Jüri Kukk
- Jean Lassalle
- Antonio Ledezma, Venezuelan politician, 2009
- Gloria Lee
- Ly Tong
- Haia Lifşiţ
- Ihar Losik, Belarusian blogger
- Joe Madison,known as “The Black Eagle," radio personality and human and civil rights activist, 2021
- Anatoly Marchenko
- Holger Meins
- Akbar Mohammadi
- Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician and cleric, 1983
- Tony Nicklinson
- Jock Palfreeman
- Vasudev Balwant Phadke
- Darshan Singh Pheruman
- Kemal Pir
- Muhammad al-Qiq
- Mahmudur Rahman, Bangladeshi news editor
- Militão Ribeiro
- Randall Robinson
- George Rolph
- Hoda Saber
- Arash Sadeghi
- Andrei Sakharov[11]
- Kostas Sakkas
- Nigamananda Saraswati – Protest against illegal mining in the Ganges River
- Jaume Sastre i Font, Catalan teacher in Mallorca
- Nadiya Savchenko, Ukrainian Ground Forces helicopter pilot, kidnapped and detained in Russian prison, 2015 and 2016.
- Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker and writer
- Irom Sharmila
- Bhagat Singh Indian socialist revolutionary
- Surat Singh Khalsa, Sikh Activist
- Mitch Snyder, Homeless Advocate
- Mohamed Soltan, Egyptian opposition activist, 2014
- Theresa Spence
- Potti Sreeramulu Indian revolutionary, specifically for the Andhra region independence movement.
- Thileepan (Rasaiah Parthipan)
- Judith Todd Political activist regarding Zimbabwe.
- Sergey Udaltsov, Russian opposition activist, 2011 and 2014
- Lluís Maria Xirinacs, Catalan politician, writer, and religious leader
- Lin Yi-hsiung – Protest against the construction of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City
- Shahrokh Zamani, Iranian Labour Activist, Died 2015 in Islamic Republic of Iran's prison
- Govinda K.C. Nepali orthopaedic surgeon and philanthropic activist.
- Ebru Timtik, Kurdish-Turkish human rights lawyer, Died 2020
- Bekele Gerba, Oromo politician promoting non-violence, 2021[12]
- Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, 2021.[13]
- Parit Chiwarak and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, jailed pro-democratic activists, 2021 – demanding justice and scrapping of Lese majeste in Thailand[14]
References[]
- ^ a b Scull, Maggie. "Timeline of 1981 hunger strike". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "Martin Hurson — Died on 13 July 1981 after 46 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh | An Phoblacht". www.anphoblacht.com. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "Crucifix given by Pope John Paul IIto Patsy O'Hara in Derry museum". www.derryjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ Borders, William; Times, Special To the New York (1981-08-02). "I.R.A. UNSHAKEN BY DECISION ON FAST (Published 1981)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "On This Day: Bobby Sands, Long Kesh hunger striker, passes away". IrishCentral.com. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ McKernan, Bethan (2020-05-08). "Lonely death of Grup Yorum bassist highlights Turkey hunger strikes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "Four Catalan leaders facing trial in Spain go on hunger strike". the Guardian. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "Grève de la faim: les sans-papiers veulent rester à l'église du Béguinage jusqu'au traitement des dossiers". lalibre.be. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Le cri des sans-papiers du béguinage: "On restera jusqu'à la mort s'il le faut" - Édition digitale de Bruxelles". lacapitale.sudinfo.be. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ Neumann, Ann (January 15, 2013). "The Longest Hunger Strike". Guernica.
- ^ "Statement on Mr and Mrs. Andrei Sakharov's Hunger Strike". Ronald Reagan. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ Mekonnen, Siyanne (17 February 2021). "News Update: Fed Court once again upholds decision for prisoners in hunger strike to get medical care at private hospital". Addis Standard. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Putin critic Navalny on hunger strike over Russian prison treatment". BBC News. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "เพนกวิน พริษฐ์ อดอาหารประท้วงครบ 30 วัน ครอบครัวเผยน้ำหนักลดลงเกือบ 20 กิโลฯ ขณะที่รุ้ง ปนัสยาเอง ก็อดอาหารครบ 16 วันแล้ว". The Matter (in Thai). 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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